ABSTRACT
These grants are, in practice, largely made from environmental considerations. The grant programme is known as the ‘‘Freight Facility Scheme’’ and is available from the Department for Transport.16 A number of projects have been successful in transferring freight from road to water through the grant aid system, including the refurbishment of a fuel distribution terminal at Leeds; the development of aggregate distribution sites; the refurbishment of wharf facilities for the transfer of vegetable oils; a new steel handling wharf facility and the building or refurbishment of barges.17 The scheme does allow for grant support to cover the operating costs of water freight schemes in appropriate circumstances.
